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given what i believe to be u.s. support in 2013, i am confident to secure those five geographical areas. they will still need to combat operations to take place. and we will also still be doing the advise and assist mission as we go to a largely assist mission in 2013. the elections in 2014, when i look at the afghan capability combined with what i believe to be resources that we will provide and where the taliban will be in 2014, i project the afghans will be able to provide security as well. in addition to the level of violence where it is occurring, it is important to know where there are significant leadership losses. the average age is 10 years younger than it was when the war started 10 years ago. there was significant attrition. we have also seen indications of taliban suffering financial difficulties and being unable to sustain their effort. they did not achieve their objectives. senator, i don't understand the challenges. i recognize what has to happen between now and 2014 to continue to solidify the gains
given what i believe to be u.s. support in 2013, i am confident to secure those five geographical areas. they will still need to combat operations to take place. and we will also still be doing the advise and assist mission as we go to a largely assist mission in 2013. the elections in 2014, when i look at the afghan capability combined with what i believe to be resources that we will provide and where the taliban will be in 2014, i project the afghans will be able to provide security as well....
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he'll take your questions about today's hearing on the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. at 8:40 eastern, you'll hear about the fiscal cliff from independent senator bernie sanders of vermont, a member of the budget committee. also, jennifer tolbert of the
he'll take your questions about today's hearing on the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. at 8:40 eastern, you'll hear about the fiscal cliff from independent senator bernie sanders of vermont, a member of the budget committee. also, jennifer tolbert of the
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secretary panetta stressed the u.s. and during presence -- enduring presence will be based on missions like counterterrorism, advising afghan forces, and providing important enabling capabilities. we would like to hear about the pace of the drawdown of u.s. forces from the current 68,000 true colonial -- troop level to the level of our enduring forces after 2014. we expect a steady pace as the president said, or you anticipate the pace remaining at 68,000 through next year's fighting season and dropping rapidly some time thereafter. finally, the united states and afghanistan have begun an agreement as required by the bilateral enduring strategic initiative. they will provide necessary protections for u.s. troops deployed to afghanistan after 2014, and we have been interested in your thoughts on the importance in signalling to afghanistan and its neighbors that the u.s.-afghanistan partnership will be an enduring contribution to regional stability, and we will address what you see as the u.s. red lines in those negotiati
secretary panetta stressed the u.s. and during presence -- enduring presence will be based on missions like counterterrorism, advising afghan forces, and providing important enabling capabilities. we would like to hear about the pace of the drawdown of u.s. forces from the current 68,000 true colonial -- troop level to the level of our enduring forces after 2014. we expect a steady pace as the president said, or you anticipate the pace remaining at 68,000 through next year's fighting season and...
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in a lot of cases, there is not an infrastructure that you have in the u.s. many americans will say facebook is good for gossip and seeing what my friends are getting for lunch but if he were to talk to somebody in the middle east, maybe, you would hear a different story which is that facebook was providing access to news to people that had unique access to information they were not able to get otherwise and you get a much more meaty store about what facebook means to them. >> more from this facebook engineer with an insider's view of the company thanksgiving day on cspan after 12:30 p.m. eastern. at 2:00, chief justice john roberts. later, space pioneers and nasa officials pay a much to the first man to walk among, nell armstrong just before 11:00. >> defense secretary leon panetta looks at how potential budget cuts could affect the pentagon. he spoke tuesday evening at the center for new american security about the so-called fiscal cliff and defense priorities. [applause] good evening and thank you for coming. >> it is an honor to be introducing my old boss
in a lot of cases, there is not an infrastructure that you have in the u.s. many americans will say facebook is good for gossip and seeing what my friends are getting for lunch but if he were to talk to somebody in the middle east, maybe, you would hear a different story which is that facebook was providing access to news to people that had unique access to information they were not able to get otherwise and you get a much more meaty store about what facebook means to them. >> more from...
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the u.s. have to succeed if the safe havens aren't dealt with more try dently than they have been to date? >> the success in afghanistan is dependent on having a pakistan that is willing to confront terrorism on their side of the border and prevent safe havens. you know, look, i think that -- right now, the ability to develop a security force in afghanistan that is able to provide security that can establish operational capability to confront threats on the afghan side of the border is extremely important to the future. we need to have -- we are building this 352,000 force. that is important for our ability to make the transition and have an afghanistan that can, in fact, provide security and that's going to be an important key. but to be able to succeed in afghanistan is also going to require -- i mean the threats i see that we have to worry about in the future are the following. number one, we have to have an afghanistan that can govern itself, that can move away from corruption, that can, i
the u.s. have to succeed if the safe havens aren't dealt with more try dently than they have been to date? >> the success in afghanistan is dependent on having a pakistan that is willing to confront terrorism on their side of the border and prevent safe havens. you know, look, i think that -- right now, the ability to develop a security force in afghanistan that is able to provide security that can establish operational capability to confront threats on the afghan side of the border is...
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as a u.s. company, i am eager to hear your thoughts on what we can do to help advance the process going forward. >> thank you. that is a great question. there are three things. the first thing is, get together and identify. continue to help identify what thissues are. second thing is when you have identified the issues, bring those issues to people's attention. especially if you think you have a solution. the third thing he can do, this is where i think the process will succeed or fail in the long term, that is what can we do systemically to get ound this kind of problem in of the future? there is all kinds of things we can do now to verify all kinds of impediments to trade or like the tory mismatches that did not make a lot of sense. -- or regulatory mismatches that do not make a lot of sense. that is the real challeng that is what i challenge their own officials to do. not as victims problems but let's at a fixed them identify what it was in the system that caused them to arrive as into the f
as a u.s. company, i am eager to hear your thoughts on what we can do to help advance the process going forward. >> thank you. that is a great question. there are three things. the first thing is, get together and identify. continue to help identify what thissues are. second thing is when you have identified the issues, bring those issues to people's attention. especially if you think you have a solution. the third thing he can do, this is where i think the process will succeed or fail in...
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it was said by u.s. secretary of state that the loss of 500,000 iraqis, mostly children, in the 1990's as a result of american bombs and sanctions was worth it to achieve the good we brought to the people of iran. look at the mess iraq is in today. government use of force the most social and economic behavior at home and abroad has justified individuals using force on their own terms. the fact that violence by gornment is seen as morally justified is the reason why violence will increase when the big financial crisis hits and becomes a political crisis as well. first, we recognize that individuals shouldn't initiate violence. then we give the authority to the government. the use of government violence when things go badly will be used to justify an individual's right to do the same thing. neither the government nor individuals have the moral right to initiate violence against another, yet we are moving toward the day when both will claim this authority. if this cycle is not reversed, society will break d
it was said by u.s. secretary of state that the loss of 500,000 iraqis, mostly children, in the 1990's as a result of american bombs and sanctions was worth it to achieve the good we brought to the people of iran. look at the mess iraq is in today. government use of force the most social and economic behavior at home and abroad has justified individuals using force on their own terms. the fact that violence by gornment is seen as morally justified is the reason why violence will increase when...
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but the difference will continue to be that the u.s. president cannot decide what the middle east peace deal is going to be. that is a matter between israel and the palestinians, and the u.s. can nudge and between and all of that. but in the end, if netanyahu and the palestinians are not in the position to bring resolution to this, then at it is not really going to be something that president obama can do. certainly something he would like very much to do. netanyahu -- i mean, now that the election is over, i think we will see prime minister netanyahu have a recalculation of the relationship with obama and how it has to go forward. it has not been close in the previous four years. it has been pragmatic and grudgingly accepting a reality on both sides, but there is an opportunity for that to change. host: do you have thoughts on that, scott? guest: just a follow-up. netanyahu had a personal relationship with romney and was a very secret about who he wanted to win the election and that was not president obama, who applied quite a bit of p
but the difference will continue to be that the u.s. president cannot decide what the middle east peace deal is going to be. that is a matter between israel and the palestinians, and the u.s. can nudge and between and all of that. but in the end, if netanyahu and the palestinians are not in the position to bring resolution to this, then at it is not really going to be something that president obama can do. certainly something he would like very much to do. netanyahu -- i mean, now that the...
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but i became a u.s. army special forces soldier, got ag deeds -- ged, lucky enough to get into junior college with open iv combat veterans. used my gi bill to become a doctor, and one generation become surgeon general of the united states. i'm running to ensure that all kids can attain the american dream just as i did. >> thank you, congressman flake? >> i think all of you. i thank all of the committee here at western college. i appreciate this opportunity. just two weeks ago, my wife and i received a wonderful call, our oldest son and forming as we are grandparents for the first time. aiden jeffrey flake was born into a wonderful country in the greatest country of the world, but he was also born into $50,000 debt, his share of the 16 trillion dollars federal debt that all of us collectively hold. that is a transcendent issue of our time. that is generational theft to put that kind of burden on kids and grandkids. we need some before the senate was willing to stand up to either party, whatever is in char
but i became a u.s. army special forces soldier, got ag deeds -- ged, lucky enough to get into junior college with open iv combat veterans. used my gi bill to become a doctor, and one generation become surgeon general of the united states. i'm running to ensure that all kids can attain the american dream just as i did. >> thank you, congressman flake? >> i think all of you. i thank all of the committee here at western college. i appreciate this opportunity. just two weeks ago, my...
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came out for president obama with 55 votes. 184 women ran for congressional office, and 40% of the u.s. population has at least one when and senator. -- one woman senator. new hampshire has and all women delegation and a woman governor as well as a female state house. they are still women. we are moving in the right direction. this is my favorite. when the hundred 13th congress and gavels in, it will be with when the women senators -- with 20 women senators. that is particularly gratifying -- i remember being in a similar discussion two years ago agonizing that we had to drop the number of women in congress for the first-time since 1992, and some of us thought, how did we lose the momentum? how are we going to get it back? there was a lot of soul- searching, but rather than spend two years hand wringing, when then got to work, and we got to work recruiting. we were clearly helped by the republicans, because out of the gate they had a decision to make. they could have made it more moderate. the third bill out of the gate was a bill that would have redefined it. that sent the clearest si
came out for president obama with 55 votes. 184 women ran for congressional office, and 40% of the u.s. population has at least one when and senator. -- one woman senator. new hampshire has and all women delegation and a woman governor as well as a female state house. they are still women. we are moving in the right direction. this is my favorite. when the hundred 13th congress and gavels in, it will be with when the women senators -- with 20 women senators. that is particularly gratifying -- i...
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i saw barack obama go to the u.s. senate and do exactly what john edwards did, and that will immediately start campaigning to be present. i believe our federal legislators are there to take care of federal business and our state legislatures, to be in our -- federal legislators ought to be down in our state, sending dollars to the state, and not sending them to the federal government to have federal legislators play a large game of twister to get the best position. host: bob cusack? guest: the caller mentioned term limits, and it was something mitt romney embraced, and the republicans on capitol hill have not embraced that, and neither have the democrats. it was talked about in the newt gingrich era, but both republicans and democrats are not fond of term limits. there is an argument against it, and that is when members get here, they promised to term-limit themselves, and when they get here they do not know how to legislate, they do not know where the bathrooms are, and just like anything they get experience and bett
i saw barack obama go to the u.s. senate and do exactly what john edwards did, and that will immediately start campaigning to be present. i believe our federal legislators are there to take care of federal business and our state legislatures, to be in our -- federal legislators ought to be down in our state, sending dollars to the state, and not sending them to the federal government to have federal legislators play a large game of twister to get the best position. host: bob cusack? guest: the...